I think that the seating area is a bit better in the F-Pace for the rear occupants compared to Velar. That's how they created the extra boot capacity in the Range Rover - by sacrificing a tiny bit of rear passenger leg room?

I haven't done the math or studied the drawings. Just a hunch.

Personally, I would have preferred a bit more leg room for the rear passengers even if the boot depth shrank by a few cm.

Small issues.

Best wishes,

Arianne

Hello Mr A,

Not sure quite how they've done it - hence playing with superimposition!

Having sat in a few now, the passenger side is more cramped for someone of my height - probably due to the sloping dash intruding more into the front space, making me put the seat further back- making not- so -small child say 'oi!'

It would seem odd to change the rear seat mounting points... The fronts are clearly identical and I was surprised that despite the 'change of outfit', the door line between front and back is identical on both.

When I first saw it at the local 'Velar Launch Party' I thought 'oooh, a bigger boot....' But it looks like it is an optical illusion as JLR's own figures say the F Pace load volume is bigger...

It's a very, very clever piece of design/platform engineering......

Also, as someone mentioned earlier, the Land Rover family appears more and more 'in-bred' these days.... The Land Rover front used to be more distinct from Range Rover, but perhaps for the discerning US customers, they are beginning to blend them...

You should consider a job as a car journo. Your report answers all the niggling questions I have as a long term JLR owner. So thanks for that. Very happy to hear the daft ZF programming in the FP isn't present.

I now don't feel compelled to test drive for myself just yet. Which is just as well as I would almost certainly have put a deposit down. Now I shall wait for the reliability reports to come in.

Thanks again!

Totally agree with this, thank you very much Arianne

What spec are you getting Arianne?

Piers

Rejected two beautiful F-Pace 3.0d S's, loved them both, other than the many faults. Back to a 535d BMW for me, not ruling out another JLR...Velar...but not in the first year of production again. JLR need to pull their socks up.

Played around with the possibility of starting with a base SE or even HSE. But the technology option packs that come with these versions are not the things we value and wanted to pay for. So we decided to settle on the R-dynamic S and then build the car up exactly as we wanted it.

This approach would have been expensive on a PCP as you take a hit on options through PCP. But we are buying the car not leasing or doing PCP. We set a £70k ceiling simply because we thought spending any more felt wrong on a car! Totally irrational because all of us would set a different ceiling but there you go!

This car, as with the Jaguar F-Pace before it, is a purchase from the heart. I hope we enjoy her. I can't wait to whizz down the German unrestricted autobahn over Xmas / New Year for our upcoming ski holiday in the Austrian Tyrol. An unusual sight in the outside lane sandwiched between the Mercs, BMWs, Audi and Porsche! Fresh and different.

Sorry, forgot to mention them. Weirdly, they don't appear on the PDF print out but we have included them and they are in our Vista Order sheet. I have twice freaked out at this but it's been checked twice by two different guys at Lloyd Kelso and they have confirmed that the Vista sheet is correct and the parking sensors are selected in the order.

And you forgot the electrical adjusting steering column. If you do decide to order a clone, I wouldn't want you making a mistake

Regards,

Arianne

PS. Amelia is back. I got an email from her today as she is monitoring my order and car being built through the system. She told me she has been away which is probably why we haven't heard from her recently on the forum! I have to say that she has been absolutely great since we finalised the deal after rejecting the F-Pace.